Tobacco-cutter



(Model) W. .GOVEL. TOBACCO CUTTER.

No. 239, 25. Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

TTOBNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT FIcE.

JOSEPH W. COVEL, OF BOOKLAND, MAINE.

TOBACCO-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 289,625, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed March 29, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W. OovEL, of Rockland, in the county of Knox and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved To bacco-Outter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip'tion.

My invention consists in a pocket tobacco receptacle and cutter for cutting plug-tobacco for the use of pipe-smokers, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tobacco-cutter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the receptacle for the cut tobacco.

The box or receptacle A is made of any suitable material and of any suitable form, but

preferably of the square form shown, in order to receive an ordinary plug of tobacco. At the open end of the box it is fitted with a removable lid or cap, B, and at the center of this cap is a fixed post, a, having wings I) at its outer end, the wings being provided with cutters c, that extend in a radial direction from the center of the post, and also with upwardlyprojecting cutters d. The sides of the box A are slotted, as shown at e, and within the box a tube, f, extends from one slot 6 to the other. The tube f contains plungers 9, that are forced outward by a spiral spring between them, so as to engage the outer portions of the plungers with the scalloped sides of the slots 6, for retaining the tube f in any position to which it (ModeL) may be moved in the length of the slots. The plungers are disengaged from the slots by pushing them inward, thereby bringing a smaller portion of the same in line with the slots.

The plug of tobacco is placed within the box A. The cap B is then put partially on and the tube f moved to force the lower end of the tobacco down upon the cutter, and then by turning the cap B the cutters 0 will act to shave off the tobacco, while the cutters d at the same time act in a cross direction to divide the tobacco finely. The out tobacco falls into the lower part of the cap B, and can be removed by taking off the cap from the box. The tube f is to be moved down from time to time as the plug is cut away. On one side of the box A are loops Z, to receive a blade, m, which is to be used for cleaning out pipes and for other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the tobacco-receptacle A, having slots 6, of the tube f and plungers g, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the slotted receptacle A, tube f, and plungers g, of the cap B, having cutters c d, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH W. GOVEL.

Witnesses:

JUsTUs E. SnnRMAN, ALBERT M. W 00D. 

